Plot
by John Leggett
Page 2, Elements of Literature
Textbook
(The Purple Book)
Plot
• In the “Classwork”
section of your
binder, label your
page with the title
above and today’s
date. Next, define
the following words.
• Plot
• Conflict
• Basic Situation, or
Exposition
• Complication
• Climax
• Resolution, or
Denouement
What is chronological order?
Chronological order is…..the order
in which events happen.
What is a flashback?
• When a writer interrupts the flow of events
to present an episode from the past.
What is a flash-forward?
• A flash-forward is when a writer jumps ahead
days or years into the future.
What is foreshadowing?
• Foreshadowing is when writers give hints or
clues that suggest what is to come in the
story.
• Draw a diagram like the one on page 3 in
your notebook.
Choose a children’s story or a fairy tale that is
familiar to you. On your plot diagram, describe
the key parts of the story’s plot.
Plot Diagram Example
Objectives for “The Most Dangerous
Game”
• We will…
– Determine the author’s purpose
– Summarize the story using supporting details
– Use literary terms to describe and analyze this
story
– Make predictions, draw conclusions, and
connect what we already know
“The Most Dangerous Game”
by
Richard Connell
• Label your paper with the title above and
today’s date.
• Write down the vocabulary words and their
definitions from page 4 on your paper.
• Complete the Quickwrite:
Quickwrite
• Some of the most exciting narratives (stories)
pit villain against hero in a life or death
struggle. The tension in such stories often
depends as much on the character of the bad
guy or gal as on that of the hero.
• Write a few sentences describing a villain
from a novel, story, or movie. Why does the
character fascinate you?
Pre-Reading
• Look at the images on page 5, and read the
quote. Think about what you just wrote
about villains.
• Make a prediction about this story. What is it
going to be about? What do you think the
setting will be? Conflict? Resolution??
“The Most Dangerous Game”
• Answer the following questions in your
notebook. These will be graded (along with
your vocabulary and Quickwrite) at the end
of the story. Use them to study for the test.
• Page 6:
• 1. The island has an evil reputation. What
role do you think this setting will play in the
story?
Answer These Questions In Your
Notebook
• Page 9:
• 2. What do Zaroff’s remarks about Cosacks
suggest about how he will behave later in the
story?
Answer These Questions In Your
Notebook
• Page 10:
• #3. What do you predict the most
dangerous game will be?
• Page 14:
• #4. Think about the information presented
at the beginning of the story. How might
Zaroff find men to hunt?
Answer These Questions In Your
Notebook
• Page 17:
• #5. Who will be the general’s next victim?
• Page 18:
• #6. Will Zaroff spot Rainsford in the tree?
Answer These Questions In Your
Notebook
• Page 22:
• #7. Trapped between his deadly pursuer and
the sea, Rainsford jumps. Is the game over?
Who has won?
Page 24, Response and Analysis
• Answer the following questions on your own
paper and hand in for a quiz grade.
• Page 24, #1-6. You may choose between #7
and #8.
Let’s Review Our Objectives for “The
Most Dangerous Game”
• We will…
– Determine the author’s purpose
• What IS the author’s purpose in writing “TMDG”?
– Summarize the story using supporting details
• Can YOU summarize this story in one paragraph?
Let’s Review Our Objectives for “The
Most Dangerous Game”
– Use literary terms to describe and analyze this
story.
• Can YOU identify the literary elements of this
story? (Plot, setting, conflict, complications,
resolution)
– Make predictions, draw conclusions, and
connect what we already know
Were YOUR predictions correct? Explain.
Did the conclusions you drew during the
story turn out to be correct? Explain.
Vocabulary Development, Page 25
• Complete #1-10 on Page 25 when finished
with your review.
Study Guide for “The Most
Dangerous Game” Test
• Know your story vocabulary and definitions.
•
• Highlight all your vocabulary words in your
notebook.
• Complete your study guide.
• What is the setting for most of the action in
this story?
• Ship-Trap Island
• Other settings?
General Zaroff first comes to his
island after —
• Buying it, and building a home there.
Rainsford comes to the island
because he —
• Falls overboard and swims to the island to
save himself.
3. What is Zaroff’s main reason for
preferring to hunt human beings
rather than animals?
• He is bored by hunting animals. It isn’t
challenging enough.
4.
Zaroff especially welcomes Rainsford
because the general —
• knows about hunting, and has even written a
book about it that Zaroff has read.
5.
Rainsford first realizes he is going to
be the prey when —
• Zaroff asks if he would like to go hunting, or
meet Ivan.
The best evidence that Zaroff is
aware of his own viciousness and
cruelty is that he —
• says that all Cossacks are savage and that
he, Zaroff, is a Cossack
Test Practice